Updates: What's Different, What's New and What's Not Done!

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Roleplay Invitations:

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5PM - 5AM Daily

WE SURVIVED AN UPDATE DAY WITHOUT SOMETHING EXPLODING YAY!

Reverting the ACTIVE roleplays back to normal thread style was easy as pie but time consuming. It took the entire day, and by the evening I had to enlist help to finish before bed. (You can thank @redblood and @Astaroth!) There were ZERO PROBLEMS with the revert but all Game Masters should still go look at their Signup/Plot threads to check for broken bbcode AND APPLY COOL UPDATES.We might have also accidentally archived roleplays that shouldn't have been. If you need a roleplay brought out of the graveyard, just use the Thread Moderation Request Form.

Today I did the actual backend update and that was fast and simple. 8D There are some updates that I couldn't get to due to funding and a sudden household emergency, but I'll be able to complete those later without having to shut down the site.

LETS TALK ABOUT THE STATE OF THE ROLEPLAY SECTIONS: WHAT IS FIXED, WHAT IS NEW, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE!

The Forum Categories are at the BARE BASICS and probably won't stay like this.
In order to open the site up as quickly as possible, we skipped putting the roleplays back in to genre categories and opted for a really, really basic type organization. Groups, One on Ones, and Chats. So you know EXACTLY where the fuck to post your roleplay thread. Later they are likely to return, but we're going to train the peerage in tags first cause they're useful!

We're hoping people can make good use of the TAGGING SYSTEM to SEARCH BY GENRE, CONTENT & POSTING EXPECTATIONS. Because you can search by multiple tags, if you want a Fantasy with a Magical School and Zombies that allows LBGT characters and has a posting expectation requirement of Adept, you can search for that EXACT THING and get a list of roleplays using those tags! There is also a tag cloud viewable in the roleplay sections for quick searching single tags in that forum. AND these tags now appear under the title of a thread, so you know what content is in that thread! (and that is turned off now because 403 ERRORS)

Make use of the new "STICKY FIRST POST" feature to create an info/navigation post that will appear on ALL pages of your roleplay thread!
We were NOT able to having thread-linking tabs, but we found the NEXT BEST THING. Using this Sticky First Post feature in combination with cool as fuck bbcodes, you can create your own style navigation if you need it.

ROLEPLAY BANNERS ARE BACK? MAYBE?We think we finally have a confirmed fix on our ROLEPLAY BANNERS SYSTEM! So if you want to submit a banner for your roleplay or multi-partner request threads, head on over to the My Ads link in your account settings. Hopefully it's back to stay! <3 Well they ALMOST worked. D:< Now there is a completely different bug.

OTHER STUFF??
There were a few updates and things we were not able to get too, so those will roll out over the next week or two without site downtime. Some of these will be minor adjustments to the roleplay stuff, others will be an update of the site policies, and some backend things.

There are some spots that look cluttered and messy. D: We'll be tweaking that this week too.

AS WITH ALL SITE UPDATES SOMETIMES NEW BUGS APPEAR OR OLD ONES GOT MISSED OR DID NOT PROPERLY FIX. PLEASE USE OUR BUG REPORT TRHEAD AND HELP DESK TO REPORT THESE BUGS. IF YOU REPORT THEM =ANYWHERE= ELSE WE MIGHT MISS IT.

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My Usual Online Time:

12PM to 3AM EST, plus or minus a few hours in either direction.

Writing Levels:

Adept, Advanced, Prestige

Genders You Prefer Playing:

Male, Female, Androgynous, Primarily Prefer Female

Playing Style- Passive or Aggressive:

I'm a mix of passive and aggressive. I like letting a partner do the huge work involved in GMing sometimes, but I won't be lazy about it and make them the only one that pushes the plot forward. I also like being a GM, but I expect my partner to do what they can to move the plot forward without having their hand held the whole time. I also enjoy plays where both parties play an equal role. Regardless of passive, aggressive, or switch, communication is what makes it work.

Favorite Genres:

I'm open to a wide range of genres. Obscenely wide. I tried making a list, but it was excessively long. Here's the trimmed version:

I will not play furry, fandom, yaoi, or yuri. Gay and lesbian are fine, but I refuse to use the sexist tropes inherent in the Japanese-named genres (for those who don't understand me on this, I will gladly explain my views). Romance can be included, but it will never be the main genre.

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A Few Posts A Day, One Post a Day, A Few Posts a Week, One Post a Week, Slow As Molasses

My Usual Online Time:

Evening/Late Night (GMT)

Writing Levels:

Adept, Advanced, Prestige, Adaptable

Genders You Prefer Playing:

Primarily Prefer Male, No Preferences

Playing Style- Passive or Aggressive:

Typically aggressive, I guess. I prefer not to write with overly passive partners.

Favorite Genres:

Psychological, high fantasy, horror, fairy tales, supernatural... I like pretty much everything.

Genre You DON'T Like:

M/F.

I have to say the only thing that's a bit startling to me about the update is the big tag cloud above all of the forums! I don't know if it's possible to move it underneath the forums as opposed to before them, but I think that might be a little less jarring. Or I just need to get used to it haha.

Aggressive, mostly - my characters are, for the most part, natural leaders. They can take a small part of the story and run with it. However, this mostly depends on the GM and players around me and how much they're taking things upon themselves. I like balance in an RP, so I can play either side of this.

Favorite Genres:

Fantasy and Sci-Fi are my two major favorites. However, I tend to be quite the picky player. I prefer an RP with a great deal of development...the world, the lore, everything. And for those GMs looking for help with lore, I love to world build!

Genre You DON'T Like:

I'm not a huge fan of Libertine (obviously, since I don't have that part of the Resume filled out), but I particularly hate anything that involves as Master/Slave relationship. Don't expect me to even look at you should you offer that. I also am not a huge fan of RPs where gay couples are the main focus - it's not so much that I hate gays (as I really like a lot of them RT). It's more the fact that I don't know how to play one, as I, myself, am not gay. Finally, I will very rarely play a fandom RP unless there is a great deal of creativity from the creator that brings an element to the story that whatever it's based off of doesn't really have. On the ever, rare occasion, though, I'll make an exception to the fandom idea.

YAY, BANNERS! I'm excited!

Not yay for archived threads! OH NOES! I submitted a request, though. XD

Thanks bunches, Diana, for all your hard work. And thanks to those of you who helped. I'll be making use of this sticky first post. NOW PLAYERS HAVE NO EXCUSE AS TO WHY THEY DO NOT KNOW THE INFO!!! *ebil laughter*

@Diana I have one single complaint. Now there's only one place to look for 1x1 while there are still multiple ways to find Group Rps. For people such as myself, who rather do not like group Rps, this will make things difficult.

This user has been banned for: Harassment of others, poor attitude, unwillingness to take sound advise and an unwillingness to follow our rules.

Aggressive, mostly - my characters are, for the most part, natural leaders. They can take a small part of the story and run with it. However, this mostly depends on the GM and players around me and how much they're taking things upon themselves. I like balance in an RP, so I can play either side of this.

Favorite Genres:

Fantasy and Sci-Fi are my two major favorites. However, I tend to be quite the picky player. I prefer an RP with a great deal of development...the world, the lore, everything. And for those GMs looking for help with lore, I love to world build!

Genre You DON'T Like:

I'm not a huge fan of Libertine (obviously, since I don't have that part of the Resume filled out), but I particularly hate anything that involves as Master/Slave relationship. Don't expect me to even look at you should you offer that. I also am not a huge fan of RPs where gay couples are the main focus - it's not so much that I hate gays (as I really like a lot of them RT). It's more the fact that I don't know how to play one, as I, myself, am not gay. Finally, I will very rarely play a fandom RP unless there is a great deal of creativity from the creator that brings an element to the story that whatever it's based off of doesn't really have. On the ever, rare occasion, though, I'll make an exception to the fandom idea.

You could make a thread requesting partners/RPs and then MAKE A BANNER! *dances with banners* Those things are amazing!

I have one single complaint. Now there's only one place to look for 1x1 while there are still multiple ways to find Group Rps. For people such as myself, who rather do not like group Rps, this will make things difficult.

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